Capitainer participates in global AI project for advanced lung diagnostics

New project combines AI and self-sampling

04-Dec-2024 - Capitainer, a Swedish MedTech start-up specializing in self-sampling solutions, plays a key role in the international AIR project (Artificial Intelligence Radiology) aimed at improving the diagnostics and monitoring of lung diseases. Through Capitainer's innovative technology, patients can easily ...

IDEAward for researchers’ start-up ideas

Teams from informatics, environmental engineering and medicine

04-Dec-2024 - An AI-controlled construction robot, a CO2 conversion process and a test to detect head and neck tumors: These three promising start-up ideas from researchers are the latest winners of the TUM IDEAward. Which ideas can be turned into successful products? What start-up team is addressing the ...

QIAGEN Strengthens QIAstat-Dx With New Barcelona Site

Drive Growth in Infectious Diseases and Precision Medicine Testing

02-Dec-2024 - QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced plans to move its QIAstat-Dx operations within the Barcelona area to a new site in Esplugues de Llobregat as part of a multi-year investment to strengthen this business. Set to open in early 2026, the new site will cover the ...

Artificial intelligence is drastically changing the healthcare sector

Companies are engaging with AI and investing in it, but only 29 percent feel well prepared to use GenAI for competitive advantage

25-Nov-2024 - The global healthcare sector is beset by challenges such as cost pressure, a shortage of qualified staff and regulatory requirements. Artificial intelligence (AI), including generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), offers a solution. Executives in the industry share this view, as a survey of ...

Groundbreaking ceremony for new technology and start-up centre at DESY

"The DESY Innovation Factory offers founders excellent conditions to bring new ideas from research into practice even faster"

25-Nov-2024 - A combined total of more than 8,500 square meters of workspace will be created in just three years of construction at two locations: the main site on the DESY campus and a second very close by in the Altona Innovation Park. Complex laboratories, offices, and open working environments will be ...

Mainz Biomed and Thermo Fisher Scientific sign collaboration agreement

Development of next-generation colorectal cancer screening product for global markets

14-Nov-2024 - Mainz Biomed N.V. announced a collaborative agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), through its subsidiary Life Technologies Corporation (“Thermo Fisher”), a world leader in supplying life sciences solutions and services. The collaboration agreement will enable Mainz Biomed and ...

mediaire transforms radiology with AI

Start-up securing a European €12 million investment to fuel global growth

14-Nov-2024 - While Generative AI is creating a buzz across industries and remains in the early stages of the hype cycle, AI in radiology is no longer just a vision for the future. mediaire’s proven AI value is already happening in over 350 hospitals and clinics across Europe, where the German radiology ...

Aignostics secures $34 million Series B to improve precision medicine with AI

Investments will support new product offerings, US expansion, and development of pathology foundation models

05-Nov-2024 - Aignostics, a global artificial intelligence (AI) company that turns complex multi-modal pathology data into transformative insights, announced that it has raised $34 million in Series B financing. This additional funding will be used to build new product offerings for biopharmaceutical clients, ...

Eurofins agrees to acquire SYNLAB’s clinical diagnostics operations in Spain

30-Oct-2024 - Eurofins Scientific has reached an agreement with SYNLAB to acquire its clinical diagnostics operations in Spain. The transaction is subject to customary conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in 2025. SYNLAB’s clinical diagnostics operations in Spain provide ...

€1.3M pre-seed funding for Lucid Genomics

Startup will use funds to fine-tune their AI models for diagnostics and biomarker discovery

05-Sep-2024 - The Berlin-based startup Lucid Genomics, a spin-off from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and the Institute of Medical Genetics and Human Genetics at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, has raised €1.3 million in pre-seed funding in a funding round led by Caesar Ventures, ...